Destruction of Rhoemer's Base

Markinson: Rhoemer is operating out of an old Soviet base in northern Kazakhstan. Our spy satellites have pin-pointed the exact location of his compound. The State Department must be able to tell the Kazakhstan Government that the United States had nothing to do with the operation... Your chopper will put you down one mile outside the base, just beyond the range of their long-range radar. Hopefully the blizzard will mask your approach. You will have to infiltrate on foot and disable their short range anti-aircraft guidance radar before EVAC.
Lian: Those look like long-range SS-23's.
Markinson: Yes, they're the reason I'm sending you. Before you set the timer, you need to find their missile stock piles, and retrieve the launch codes. We want to find out where he is getting them. You will be carrying several C4 charges, which you will plant on these fuel tanks. That should be enough explosive to take out whatever arms he is stockpiling. (he points to the monitor and a picture appears) This is Vladislav Gabrek, Rhoemer's Base Commander. He is personally in charge of security.
Lian: Contingency plan?
Markinson: If you fail, we'll have another chopper standing by, two klicks south.
Gabe: If I find Rhoemer?
Markinson: Eliminate him.

Destruction of Rhoemer's Base
Clockwise from top left: Mara Aramov is interrogated; Gabe Logan infiltrates Rhoemer's base; Gabe inside the bunker; Gabe reaches the comm tower; the radar is sabotaged; Rhoemer's copter crashes as Gabe jumps to the ground; Markinson extracts Gabe as the base explodes.
Preceding conflict	First Investigation of PHARCOM
Concurrent conflict(s)	Nil
Forthcoming conflict	Sabotage of Rhoemer's Cathedral
Catalyst(s)	The Agency attempting to shut down Black Baton operations
Consequences and ramifications	Major Agency success: Black Baton failure: Rhoemer's base destroyed Vladislav Gabrek killed in action Rhoemer's missiles catalogued Black Baton forces on Rhoemer's base terminated or disbanded Lian Xing captured and infected with Syphon Filter Markinson engineers an assault on Rhoemer's stronghold Rhoemer and Black Baton driven underground
Factions and belligerents
The Agency
Black Baton
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Markinson
Erich Rhoemer Vladislav Gabrek
Combatants and participants
Gabe Logan
Vladislav Gabrek Black Baton members One KA-50 Kamov assault gunship
Casualties and losses
Minor Lian Xing seemingly killed
Total Vladislav Gabrek Innumerable Black Baton thugs One KA-50 Kamov assault gunship Entire base destroyed
Unrelated casualties and losses

The Destruction of Rhoemer's Base was a major conflict of Syphon Filter in which Gabe Logan sabotaged operations on a compound owned by Black Baton. The entire area was decimated by explosives which Logan planted.

Despite Gabe's success, Lian Xing was captured and 'killed' by Rhoemer; it later transpired she was alive but infected with the virus. Black Baton suffered significant losses, including the death of Gabrek and the destruction of an attack helicopter.